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The text is a transcript of a video where the speaker talks about the history, facts and harms of smoking tobacco, electronic cigarettes and hookahs. He compares them to each other and to other substances like sugar, alcohol and caffeine. He also shares his personal experience of quitting hookah and his professional perspective as an oncologist who sees the effects of smoking on his patients. He urges his viewers to value their health and avoid smoking any of these products. He also invites them to watch his free broadcast about men's health and high testosterone. He ends by thanking them for subscribing and promising new episodes soon.
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- Christopher Columbus brought tobacco to Europe in 1492.
- Nicholas Monardess published a work in 1571 claiming that tobacco could cure 36 diseases.
- The first report that cigarettes are harmful was in the 1970s, and the WHO started to fight tobacco in 2003.
- An American pulmonologist proved that cigarette smokers have a high risk of developing lung cancer in 1970.
- The first electronic cigarette was invented in 2003 by a Chinese inventor named Royal.
- Electronic cigarettes can cause a lung disease called Evali, which is associated with vaping.
- Hookah smoking delivers a dose of carbon monoxide equivalent to one pack of cigarettes, and also contains formaldehyde and other carcinogens.
- Tobacco smoking increases the risk of bladder and kidney cancer, among other diseases.